Draw ellipses. Select the Ellipse tool. Click and hold the rectangle tool to see and choose the ellipse tool. For more information on selecting tools see Select a tool. Do one of the following: Drag diagonally until the ellipse is the desired size.
ab-. 1  Separable verb prefix, from. ab- + âfahren (âto leaveâ) â âabfahren (âto depart fromâ) 2  Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting, off. 3  Separable verb prefix that indicates a downward movement, down.  Separable verb prefix that indicates from or of.
Prefixes are key morphemes in English vocabulary that begin words. The English prefix ab-, which means âaway,â appears in many English vocabulary words, such as absent, abduct, and absolute.. You can remember that the prefix ab- means âawayâ via the word absent, for someone who is absent is âawayâ from a place, such as school or work.